Skunk Ape
Sources attach this name to the 2 places below. The name itself is part of the folklore record.
Skunk Ape reports are documented folklore. Open country keeps its stories differently — Everglades in Homestead, Florida files its reports in weather and distance. The account appears in 'Everglades'. A named spirit outlasts an anonymous one; the file's name is Skunk Ape. The lore keeps its witness.
Witnesses describe a large dark ape with a carrion smell; the Myakka photos remain contested. The presence goes by Skunk Ape. Myakka River / Skunk Ape country's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Skunk ape'. Named presences persist where anonymous reports fade — the file's name here is Skunk Ape.